Released as an ASCII file (with related SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements) and a SAS transport dataset, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States for calendar year 2009. This file consists of MEPS survey data obtained in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 of Panel 13 and Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Panel 14 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2009) and consolidates all of the final 2009 person-level variables onto one file. This file contains the following variables previously released on HC-123: survey administration, language of interview variable, demographics, parent identifiers, health status, disability days variables, access to care, employment, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health insurance, and use variables. The HC-129 file also includes these variables: income variables and expenditure variables. Update Notes
The file documentation has been revised with corrected instructions in section 3.5.3 for creating CPS-family estimates. The variable identifying the CPS-family reference person is FCRP1231 and not FAMRFPYR as previously written.
Update #1: 04/26/13
The 2009 Full Year Consolidated Data File (HC129) has been updated. The update contains 27 new Cancer remission flag variables, and values were updated for the access to care variable, LANGPR42. The 27 new variables are: BLDRREMS, BONEREMS, BRAIREMS, BRSTREMS, CERVREMS, COLOREMS, KIDNREMS, LEUKREMS, LIVRREMS, LRNXREMS, LUNGREMS, LYMPREMS, MELAREMS, MOUTREMS, MUSCREMS, OTHRREMS, OVRYREMS, PANCREMS, PRSTREMS, RECTREMS, SKDKREMS, SKNMREMS, STOMREMS, THRTREMS, THYRREMS, TSTSREMS, and UTERREMS.
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
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